We have exciting news to share! JB Aviation has been recognized by The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) as a 2023 Distinguished Flight School. This award comes from reviews of flight training experience through an AOPA online survey. The process yielded an evaluation of 608 different flight schools across the country, and JB Aviation [...]
as reported by Jerry Thomas, EAA932 When the Galt staff arrived for work one snowy morning, they were met by a herd of activist cows demanding that only 100% whole milk, not tasteless coffee-whitener (ugh!) be provided with the FBO’s coffee. The cud-chewing quadrupeds were tough negotiators, but Galt Airport’s powers-that-be defiantly held [...]
– Jeff Hill Sr. This was a reprint from the October 1997 issue of Galt Traffic – edited to reflect the current times. About Arthur “Art” Galt – Founder of Galt Airport Art was born in Evanston, Illinois on April 9, 1912. He received his law degree before WW II and practiced [...]
Hello friends! My name is Bob Heffington, and I’m the newest CFI at JB Aviation. I live in Wonder Lake with my fiancée, Peggy, and our two dogs, Jake and Ellie. You’ve probably seen us roaming the airport and hanging out by the stage almost every evening. I am a retired U.S. Army officer [...]
-Syd Krause I would again like to thank all of the chapter members of EAA Chapter 932 who made it possible for me to receive the Ray Aviation Flight Training Scholarship. These past few weeks have been amazing, even if the cold winter conditions stopped some of my training, because I got to visit [...]
At the February gathering, we had the privilege of having Paul Maloy from EAA headquarters make a visit to Galt Airport. He presented to the members the history and benefits of the AeroEducate program, which contains powerful free on-line learning programs for kids who are school ages K-12. They include learning sessions, quizzes, and [...]
As one of the many benefits of being a part of the EAA Ray Scholarship Program, scholarship recipients are eligible to receive a new Lightspeed Zulu headset once they achieve certain milestones. Once they are eligible, a scholar must submit an essay about their flight training thus far. Andy Klein became eligible once he [...]
On January 14th we had our annual chapter social event at the Rusty Nail in Ringwood. The event was well attended with 63 people coming out. As usual, we enjoyed good food, camaraderie, and handed out our annual chapter awards. Matt Buhlow played some great guitar cover music for us which livened up the [...]
Mike Land, Young Eagles Coordinator We are making initial plans to add an additional Young Eagles Rally this year. We are planning to have Young Eagles Rallies during the first weekend in May, and the first weekend in October. We will follow the same plan as we did in the Young Eagles Rally that [...]
by Jason Bigelow One of our local Galt pilots flew my wife, Jaime and I on our recent vacation to Maui, Hawaii! We were pleasantly surprised to have Arnie Quast as our Captain on the United Airlines Boeing 787-8 that we flew on from Chicago to Maui! Once we got there we were off [...]
